BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
October 2007
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects about 1.5% of British Columbians. The incubation period is usually 6 to 9 ... virus spontaneously within 6 months, an estimated 43 000 British Columbians are chronically infected and an additional ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Danuta M. Skowronski, MD, FRCPC
June 2007
... of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia —Perry Kendall, MD Provincial Health ... of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia Clinical Articles Pandemic influenza—A ...
President's Comment /
BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB,
November 2007
... physicians who provide care and services to the people of British Columbia and the government that is responsible for ...
News /
BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD
March 2007
... by members of the Community Nutritionists Council of British Columbia. To download a PDF copy of the document, go ... topic submitted to the BCMJ by a medical student in British Columbia. The prize, which is awarded by the BCMJ on ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC
September 2007
... in a region with a temperate climate on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in 1999.[ 1 ] C. gattii is an ... the Community Medicine Residency Program, University of British Columbia, and Dr Phillips is with the Division of ...
News /
BY: Fiona Youatt,
June 2007
... the Lower Mainland, or by courier service anywhere else in British Columbia. New plate policies. If you are purchasing ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hin Hin Ko, MD
November 2007
... surgery residents, and physicians currently practising in British Columbia. A total of 327 individuals received the survey package: 140 third-year University of British Columbia medical students, 36 internal medicine ... selected from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia physician directory. Survey procedures ...
President's Comment /
BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB,
September 2007
... for Quality: Improving Prescription Drug Policy in British Columbia, is a well-written, well-researched position ...
MDs To Be /
BY: Lee MacKay, BSc,
April 2007
... funded health care making significant inroads into British Columbia’s health care landscape with the Cambie ... and coronary angioplasty are an important concern for many British Columbians, more pressing for over 100 000 British Columbians is their current lack of a family ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Basil Boulton, MD
October 2007
Progress toward creating a Bill of Health Care Rights for British Columbian children and youth. The BCMA is poised to ... Victoria next June. The year 2008 marks 150 years since British Columbia became a colony. What better way to ... importance of children in the development and future of British Columbia as “the best place on earth” than to ...